ll '. V'HIIjLSTON. I (PROM OUU,'OWNj OOHRE8PONOBNT.) 'T fi 7th Juno, 1875. The bridge over the Lachlan, near Cooper's Wilanthry hotel, is completed, and now open for traffic ; and it is a most substantial crossing, frco from all fears of inunda tion. It is situated 25 miles above Hillston. ' Brickmaking- lins- been commenced in JIillston^..X'lP. clay is said to bo of first rate quality; very tenacious, and the makers have commcnccd with an order for 50,000. The Mount Hope mines . should bo represented at the i Philadelphia exhibition, by the directory sending speci mens, of tho bloolcs that aj-o, being rijiscd.-lt.wouid^afibrd the colonics an opportunity of knowing that^thfiro 'are iucb vast hc^ps.of tho rich ipctal in\their own colonyj/qs the specimens would bc'shown at Sydney-Prior ta'oxpor-. tation./1., .'.'Wl-'Ci f rr; The Hillston monthly police' court 'Will-*- be 'hclil-on/ Saturday, the 12th inst. HTKM l)/- '' 'Pathol' -Keating, ..the Itoraon Catholic' clergyman, is' now on'i...

- COLLES'S . PIONEER COACH, BOURRE TO ?: hillston. ? v. . ( FROM . OUH COIlRESl'ditDENTA : ? The prospect-of a line ' of -coaches' being run. between. Bourke and Hillston, is now au accomplished fact. Mr J. W- Colics having arrived at Hillston ilircct . from Bourkc tlirough this new track, with -a- regular four in hand mail coach with passengers being ;the pioneer ofa regular line to be established forthwith. There is now h' comicctiug liiik in1 a direct line nortlv and south, between the two great , rivers, thus -giving'the inliabitants' on liotli, and tlie intervening squatHng stations, likewise tlie mining eiemoiit/ ensyj sale, anu rapid, passenger and i postal transit. - [The central route is, thoroughly well grassed, and watered, known as good forest country, principally... box and ,pine„ with' a .sparse mileage of malice. ..The creeks', to be crossed are only two in num-' ber, tlie . WiUaridra'niid. Jferr'o-fcie, aiid even in high flood : are ibrdable witliout danger. The dist...

[?] 1/ - ? .(HEOM.OUlt OWN.. COIir.ESl'ONDHXT.1 ' f\ , ^Jutid'5, 187-5. f . ,Di|ring the past 'week? Parliament has be£n doing some work, the'priikipal part of which lias been, the- introduc- tion of a new Land Bill. This measure appeal's to liave arduged, -.considerable jintcrest, f^ tjip .attendance of the PUl/llc ,011 .the'night it iw ' j'ntrodnccd wfis' very large. ' i'iie Ministry propose to1' restore the area of selection ?to 640 .acrcs, give, the, right of selection ti-. persons in5 -business without being comjiellcd to reside on it, and to, prevent alienation or transfer of land 'Selected for 18 years, thus giving a new lease of seven years; t6 tlie six now enjoyed by selectors. These are the principal fea tures of tho new Bill which has been read a ! first time. Whether it will ever become law is a question. One good .thing is proposed by it, viz., -.that the Minister of ;Lands imijst come down to the House every session, and state what quantity of laud he proposes-' sellin...

Mm. ^gullqgh &amp; CO., GENERAL CARRIERS, FORWARDING, SHIPPING AND : . INSURANCE AGENTS, . v^Beg to inform their numerous Friends that they liave opened tv NEW BRANCH OFFICE AT HAY, Under, the Management of, MR WILLIAM WILLIAMS, whoso pre' ^ jnises they have taken. / Complete arrangements will be made for the prompt despatch of both Stores and Wool by Steamer or Teams. Ample Storage accommo dation provided at Hay, Flour and other produce supplied at the lowest current rates; ' River Marine and Fire Insurances, effected on the most favourable ivi terflis. Goods and Parcels forwarded to all parts of the world, Tlio following a list of tlic boats under our, agency 118 nt present nrrnngbd, and it will be further augmented before tho scasou opens, viz. : ' ? j Between KcUuca aiid tlic Darling— The, ' Jupiter,' ''Jane Eliza,' 'lltiranoit,' '.Wcnhvarth,' 'Lady Daly,''' Pride of the Murray.' Xfavfe and Norwood's npw steamer, &amp;c., &amp;o. between Echuca ai|U/tbo Jturrun-bid(;...

ACTION OF CAMPHOR ON PLANTS. Profcssop Vogel, of Munich, has lately pub lished, says Galiynani, some curious experi ments, on camphor and its .pliysiologioal ac'r tion on plants. In 1798, Benjamin Smith Barton first announced the stimulating action of camphor on vegetable organisms. He stated .that a tulip with its stalk dipping in a solution of that substance withered much later that others' kcpt;in common water ; and that a yellow iris that was about to fade was reinvigorated for a few hours by means of camphor, ? Barton therefore came to the con clusion' that this drug acts upon plants as a stimulant, much as spirits do on the animal frame.- These all bu.t forgotten. experiments have lately been resumed by Professor Vogel, who has lately pommunioated , -his results to the Academy of Munich, ?? He first prepares a homogeneous solution of camphor by tri turating it 'with distillod water, and then shaking it up with a larger quantity of tho samo ; ; and into this he put his plants. ...

FATTENING. FOWLS. The following, from tho Amerioan Journal of Chemistry gives tlio qme.kest known method of fattening fowls :— It ,1s .hopeless, to attempt to fatten chickens while thoy aro ; at lihorty, Thoy must bo put up iri a prop or coop, and this, like mostotlior appurtoriances,! need not bo expensive. To fatten twelve! fowls, a c'ocip may bo three feet long, oighteen1 mchos high and eighteen inches deep, madcj! entirely of b.irs, No part solid— neithor top,! sides, nor bottom. ? Discretioft must ; bp used' according to tlio size of tho chickens put up.' Thoy do not want any - room ; indeed, ;thc closer ;they-:ur^tuB— uoctor,-provided?thoy:cariv all stand up at the same time. ; Caro ; must1 bo taken to put up such as. havo been accus tomed together, or they will fight. ..If.uOne' is quarrelsomo, . it is better , to remove it at once; as, liko othor bad examples, it soon finds imitators. .Diseased chickens should never bo put up. Tho food, should be ground oats/ arid uiay cithe...

?ROOT/TGAL TO WILOANNIA. I ' TO TUR liDITOll Q!- THE Iir/KltlNH (JRAZIEIt,' gxjl,__In your issuo of tlio 2Gth May, -T yojir leailing article,' in'whicli you deal ??wiiii tlio state of tlie roail .bcrfavccn pooligal j»nd AYilcnnnifi- In my lmrablo opjuioa tiro Mticlo is well written und to tlie point; tliore' |s po exaggeration iij tho': loast: I' passed ' over the worst part qf . tVis.road myself vrith iu tho last woek, and could not liclp thinking tlint. it' was next to miraculous for the mails and teams to got out of such sloughs in wot weather, I know that since The Grazier .first Hvide its appearance, it has done it work in constantly 'kecping-fclus subject before the public and the Government, but it would peom the farmer, although tho . sufl'erera ,do not take tho interest in this mattor they ought to do,:'nti-l the latter' therefore, doo's not give ]ieed to newspaper paragraphs, and loading' articlesj and so by lothargy. on one side, and indifference on tho other, our roads a...

' ' ' ' THE MORJtON '.QUESTION. ('. , ?'? (new YORK TIMES, MARCH 15.) .Bi'igham .Young's caso. before Judge M'Kean is a peculiar one. In fact, the original decision ug.ainst the Prophet and in favour of Ann Eli^a, the ni^eteenth'wife, was peculiar. This' is all owing1 to tlio fact that Mormon marriage is an ano'mar®us insti tution. The ploa of Brigham' Young, 'in answer to Ann Eliza s suit for divorce, was that she was not his lawful wife. It was argufcd by Young's counsel thaV thor woman whom ho married in Ohio, , in 1837 (tho origi nal Mrs Young, as we should say), was his only lawful and wedded wife. It was further claimed that tho tie which united Ann Eliza, number nineteen, to him was a religious one, sanctioned by the Church of tbo Latter Day Saints. ? Judge - M'Kean, however, decided that a divorce should bo granted to the ap plicant ; and ho adjudged that the Prophet pay tho counsel fees— 3000 dols. — due from his now divorced wife, -and also- pay her 500 dols, monthly alimo...

. GRAZING RIGHTS. , , I f Abridged from tlio Sydney Mafnvit} Herald-} ' The system of preleases, as; it is1 called, has come in fop a good deal of incidental dis cussion- during the' debate qiv the Land Bill; The system is not without its advocates,' for in timesjpast it has not been witliout^ its ad vantages, and indeed it retains sb\$e of those advantages still, , 'Put those advantages are becoming rapidly smaller, while the disadvanT tages are increasing with an accelerated pace, | In the judgment Qf a large .majqrity . of per sons praptically acquainted with rural affairs, ? it is a system unadapted to our present and . prospective condition, . and the sooner it is modified thp bettor. ? . ' Mr Garrett's remarks on the; subject do not appear to he altogether -consistent. Ho has told tho House that it is impos'slblo to - stop the system without repudiating all tho obligations already contracted. under it-— that so many millions of acres are now preleased that the interests are to...